Divided Societies, Electoral Polarization and the Basque Country

This chapter briefly analyses relevant historical events in contemporary Basque Country with the purpose of framing the nature of the present political conflicto. It reflects on recent developments that were triggered after the signing, by the nationalist parties, of the "Pacto de LIzarra"...

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Autor: Moreno, Luis
Tipo de documento: outro
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Data de publicação:2004
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositório:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/176765
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/176765
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Basque Country
Nationalism
Divided societies
Ethnic conflict
Democracy
Descrição
Resumo:This chapter briefly analyses relevant historical events in contemporary Basque Country with the purpose of framing the nature of the present political conflicto. It reflects on recent developments that were triggered after the signing, by the nationalist parties, of the "Pacto de LIzarra" on 12 September 1998. It also examines the results of the latest Basque elections held on 13 May 2001, and the declaration in September 2002 of the Baque Presidente, or Lehendakari, proposing a status of "free association" between the Basque Country and Spain.